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<p>Yarmouk camp has been besieged for several years. Humanitarian access remains restricted
due to ongoing military activity and the presence of Daesh. The UN Relief and Works
Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), supported by DFID, has had
no direct access to the camp since April 2015.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to call on
all parties to protect civilians, and to allow humanitarian agencies unfettered access
to provide aid to those most in need, including at the UN Security Council and the
International Syria Support Group. The Secretary of State for International Development
and Minister of State for the Middle East focused on these messages at the ‘Supporting
the Future of Syria and the Region’ Conference in Brussels on 24 and 25 April.</p>
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